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Meadow Pipit
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Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Moors, rough grassland.
Diet: Insects, seeds.
Best time to spot: UK's most numerous bird in some uplands.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
How rare is it?
The Meadow Pipit sits in our Common tier for the UK: one of the birds you can expect on most days out in the right habitat. It is Amber-listed in Birds of Conservation Concern 5, the middle level of concern in the UK.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Blyth's PipitEpic · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Buff-bellied PipitEpic · Coastal grass (vagrant)
- Eurasian Rock PipitUncommon · Rocky coasts
- Long-billed PipitLegendary · Open ground (extreme vagrant)
- Olive-backed PipitRare · Coastal scrub (autumn vagrant)
- Pechora PipitEpic · Outer-isle scrub (very rare)
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